Alston Moor Federation are creating a Garden Centre where reception and KS1 children are planting seeds to grow produce for sale. The children will be visiting local nurseries to observe how plants are displayed and priced before advertising and selling their own items. The children will decide, as a class, how to spend any profits.

Free resources from pfeg’s expert consultants!

pfeg’s consultants have been working in schools to help them deliver effective personal finance education programmes for many years. Their expertise is unparalleled.

In this section you can get your hands on some of the most effective resources and activities they have developed with schools.

The Activity bank includes easily adaptable, quick lesson plans and activities that have been created by pfeg consultants, often in conjunction with schools that they work with on a day to day basis.

These are not part of the official My Money suite of resources which are being produced and published as part of the My Money programme. As well as using the My Money Week Toolkits and the huge variety of Quality Mark resources available, these ideas will give you some extra help in getting started on planning activities during the week.

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Title Key stage Subject
A whole school shopping experience KS1, KS2, Foundation PSHE
Over a period of one week, a shop was set up in every classroom from nursery to Year 6, the children were able to buy things from these shops on a daily basis and discussed with their parents what they had learned.
Careers in sport KS3, KS4 PSHE, PE
Originally written for a Specialist Sports College who wished to link My Money Week with their specialism it covers a wide range of sports-related careers but can be applied to any school specialism.
Crack the code KS2 PSHE
A code-breaker puzzle of 10 words to do with money.
Becoming a Critical Consumer – It's all in the mind KS3, KS4 PSHE, literacy
An activity looking at the general purpose of advertising and the way in which advertisers try and influence how consumers see the world.
Gambling: what's your attitude? KS3, KS4 PSHE
Designed to explore the issue of gambling with pupils and could be used to explore cross-curricular links with work on probability and percentages.
Luxury or necessity KS3 PSHE
This resource has been developed to explain the difference between needs and wants and also helps students reflect on factors that influence spending.
Money snap and pairs KS1, KS3SEN, KS4SEN, Foundation PSHE
Designed to help pupils develop their coin recognition skills based on the traditional card games snap and pairs.
Planning a trip to a theme park KS2, KS3, KS4 PSHE
The activities here are designed to help pupils consider the costs of a fun day out with family or friends and to devise a plan so as to stick within a reasonable budget.
Planning and budgeting for fun activities during the summer holidays KS2, KS3, KS4 PSHE
The activities here are designed to help pupils develop their budgeting skills and have a realistic view of their summer spending.
Pocket money and banking KS1 PSHE
This activity looks at banking and pocket money in an interactive way using discussion cards.
Preparing for a summer camping trip KS3, KS4 PSHE
The activities here are designed to help pupils think about the range of factors that can influence their spending choices.
Risk KS4 PSHE
The aim of this activity is to raise awareness of how risks we take could have a financial consequence for us.
Spending and saving assembly: needs and wants KS1, KS2 PSHE, drama, literacy, whole-school activity
A popular assembly idea covering spending, saving, needs and wants, using acting and speaking.
Sport in the economy KS3, KS4 PSHE, citizenship, business studies
This activity demonstrates how much money the sports industry generates, where it is spent and the wide range of career opportunities it creates.
The banker and the borrower KS4 PSHE
A lesson plan covering different approaches to finance including Sharia-compliant finance, credit unions and micro-finance, using role-plays and scenarios.
The college game KS4SEN PSHE
This game has been designed to help pupils understand and practise budgeting for college.
The money collector game KS1, KS3SEN, KS4SEN, Foundation PSHE
Developed for a special school it is intended to help students recognise different coins and can lead to exercises on estimation, ranking, shopping, counting etc.
Your money you choose - on the way to school KS2, KS3 PSHE, maths
This activity is designed to prepare pupils for one aspect of the transition from primary to secondary school: making spending choices in a typical day